A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Novel

De: Khaled Hosseini

Narrado por: Atossa Leoni

After more than two years on the bestseller lists, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel of enormous contemporary relevance.

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan's last thirty years—from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding—that puts the violence, fear, hope and faith of this country in intimate, human terms. It is a tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives—the struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness—are inextricable from the history playing out around them.

Propelled by the same storytelling instinct that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once a remarkable chronicle of three decades of Afghan history and a deeply moving account of family and friendship. It is a striking, heartwrenching novel of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love—a stunning accomplishment.©2007 TKR Publications, LLC. All rights reserved; (P)2007 Simon and Schuster Inc. All rights reserved.

Great listen

Great story! Suggest to listen to this book after "Kiterunner".

Trying to understand Afghanistan

This book was amazing. As we become more and more lost in Afghanistan, this book is a point of reference. The story and the narration will stay with me for a long time.

Fantastic

At first I was very reluctant to read this book. I knew that it would be depressing. However, once I started listening to this audio book I was totally hooked. The reader is wonderful. She speaks very clearly and, without doing impersonations, she manages to bring each character to life. The friendship between Laila and Mariam is so beautiful and so tragic. Their bravery is so inspiring. I'll admit that some of the abuse they endured was very hard to listen to. But though these are fictional characters, you know that this is the story of many woman in Afghanistan, especially once the Taliban took over. Under their leadership, both men and woman suffer. Hosseini gives you over 30 years of Aghan history and when you finish, you will no longer only think of this nation as a home for fanatical terrorists, but also as a nation of woman and children who did not ask for any of this, but just want to live in peace, like all people. I cannot stop thinking about them and can only hope that someday the horrible misogyny cloaked in "religion" will come to an end.

Excellent

I don't write reviews. However, this book was so attention-grabbing, educational and entertaining that I had to say something about it. I ran my ipod out of battery staying up all night to hear more. Read it; listen to it; don't miss it.

Really great read!

I started listening to books while marathon training during my long run. This book kept me going for 20 miles each Monday. I loved it!